St Leonard's Barn

ST LEONARD'S BARN

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
I
List Entry Number:
1157008
Date first listed:
08-Oct-1959
List Entry Name:
St Leonard's Barn
Statutory Address:
ST LEONARD'S BARN
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
I
List Entry Number:
1157008
Date first listed:
08-Oct-1959
List Entry Name:
St Leonard's Barn
Statutory Address 1:
ST LEONARD'S BARN

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
ST LEONARD'S BARN

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Hampshire
District:
New Forest (District Authority)
Parish:
Beaulieu
National Park:
New Forest
National Grid Reference:
SZ 40648 98164

Details

BEAULIEU ST LEONARD'S SZ 49 NW 15/4 St Leonard's Barn 8.10.59 GV I Ruins of huge barn with later barn built inside it. C14 barn with C16 barn built inside it. Coursed rubble stone, some stone dressings, old plain tile roof to replacement barn. Original barn, when complete, was probably the largest in Britain, being some 70m long by 33m wide, it was a 7 bay aisled barn with porches each side of centre bay. What remains is whole of east gable and north wall, most of west gable, and east part of south wall. Replacement barn is built within earlier barn, of 1/2 its width and built in west 4 bays using north wall and west gable, and for east and south walls stones reused from original barn. On north elevation, facing St Leonards Grange, has to end bay, that was centre bay of original barn, buttresses that are remains of porch and large segmental-head doorway with double door and more double doors in another bay, and on C16 south wall opposite others. Buttresses between bays on whole of north wall, remains of south wall and C16 south wall. C16 barn has 1/2-hip on end. Original gables have tall buttresses high-set pointed lancet, and put-log holes. Roof of C16 barn is queen-strut construction made with timbers of original barn. Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Listing NGR: SP3053812440

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
143346
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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